Coolderry GAA is a Gaelic Athletic Association

Gaelic Athletic Association

The Gaelic Athletic Association is an amateur Irish and international cultural and sporting organisation focused primarily on promoting Gaelic games, which include the traditional Irish sports of hurling, camogie, Gaelic football, handball and rounders...

 club located in the town

Town

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 of Coolderry in County Offaly

County Offaly

County Offaly is a county in Ireland. It is part of the Midlands Region and is also located in the province of Leinster. It is named after the ancient Kingdom of Uí Failghe and was formerly known as King's County until the establishment of the Irish Free State in 1922. Offaly County Council is...

, Ireland

Republic of Ireland

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. The club is the most successful side in the Offaly Senior Hurling Championship with a record 29 titles.

History

The club was founded in the early 1880s. Coolderry's first victory was in 1890 when Coolderry beat Kilcormac, but Offaly was not at that time affiliated to the
central body,the win was not officially recognised. The teams first Senior Final winning team was in 1899. Between 1899 and 1916 Coolderry won 10 Senior Titles, and in the 10 Championship Finals they only conceded 2 goals. Coolderry have appeared in 48 Offaly Senior Hurling Finals.

Honours

• Offaly Senior Hurling Championships: 29
  • 1899, 1901, 1903, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1910, 1911, 1914, 1916, 1917, 1926, 1931, 1939, 1942, 1945, 1947, 1949, 1953, 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1977, 1980, 1986, 2004, 2010, 2011
• Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
  Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship
  The Leinster Senior Club Hurling Championship is an annual Hurling tournament played between the winners of the senior club hurling championships of the counties in Leinster. The current holders of the Leinster title are Ballyhale Shamrocks from Kilkenny. The first Leinster senior club hurling...
  
  
  • Winners: 2011

Famous Hurlers

• Joe Brady
• Kevin Brady
• Pat Carroll
  Pat Carroll (hurler)
  Pat Carroll was an Irish sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Coolderry and with the Offaly senior inter-county team from 1977 until 1985.-Early & private life:...
  
  
• Brian Carroll
  Brian Carroll (hurler)
  Brian Carroll is an Irish sportsperson. He playes hurling with his local club Coolderry and has been a member of the Offaly senior hurling inter-county team since 2002. His is the son of Pat Carroll, an All-Ireland medal-winner with Offaly in 1981. Brian has won 4 Railway Cups with his province...
  
  
• Pat McLoughney
  Pat McLoughney
  Pat McLoughney is a former Irish sportsperson. He was the goalkeeper on the Tipperary senior hurling team in the 1970s and 1980s. McLoughney played his club hurling with Shannon Rovers in North Tipperary. He won back-to-back All-Star awards in 1979 and 1980, however, he never won a Munster...
  
  
• Cathal Parlon
  Cathal Parlon
  Cathal Parlon plays his Senior Club Hurling with Coolderry in Offaly.He attended Waterford Institute of Technology from 2004 - 2007, graduating with a B.Sc in Architectural Technology.- References :...
  
  

External links

• Official Coolderry GAA Club website